Eagle Transporter from
"Space: 1999" (Syndicated 1975-77)

SCALE: 1/72

INITIAL RELEASE:
1975

MEDIUM:
Polystyrene

RARITY: (3)

ABOUT THE
DESIGN

ABOUT THE
KIT

The Eagle Transporter was the
workhorse vehicle of "Space: 1999's" Moonbase Alpha. Featuring a
purely utilitarian, non-aerodynamic form designed to function in the hard
vacuum of space, the Eagle could serve as a personnel transporter, cargo
carrier, flying infirmary or mobile laboratory, all depending on the
customizable service module snapped into its central position.

Heavily influenced
by the designs of
"2001: A Space Odyssey" and built by special effects whiz Brian
Johnson (who had worked -- uncredited -- on that 1968 Stanley Kubrick epic), the
Eagle was a credible lunar utility vehicle. But although it was
clearly designed to work in a vacuum and the low gravity of the Moon, Eagles
were often shown flying through planetary atmospheres and taking off from high
gravity worlds -- something only possible through the magic of special effects.

The 1/72nd scale
Eagle 1 has been released by numerous companies since the mid-1970's, including
MPC/Fundimensions, Airfix and AMT/Ertl. (Japan's Imai also released
its own 1/110-scale version of the craft in the late 1990s.) Although
widely criticized for it numerous inaccuracies, this kit was nonetheless the
only "Space:1999"
vehicular model to be generally available in injected-molded polystyrene
between 1975 and 2000. It has since gone out of production.

This model is an
original 1975 issue -- and is due to be replaced by a more artfully constructed
1990's AMT/Ertl version sometime in the near future.